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US includes 210 tycoons, CEOs and officials in 'Kremlin Report'
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The long-anticipated 'Kremlin Report' by the US Department of Treasury includes 210 names of Russia's richest tycoons, officials close to President Vladimir Putin, and CEOs of Russia's largest state corporations, but no sanctions on any of these people are actually imposed.
Uzbek President Mirziyoyev sacks veteran security chief Inoyatov
Nizom Khodjayev in Almaty
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has sacked National Security Service (SNB) chief Rustam Inoyatov, a powerful veteran who held his post for 23 years. Inoyatov, 73, known both as Uzbekistan's “last Stalinist politician" and as the “kingmaker” for playing a decisive role in ensuring Mirziyoyev succeeded the late longtime autocrat Islam
The long-anticipated 'Kremlin Report' by the US Department of Treasury names oligarchs and top officials
96 people on the list are from the business com- munity with a net worth of more than $1bn each and are now Kremlin-linked by the report, so potentially marked for US sanctions. The report also lists al- most the entire top tier of Russia's political class.
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Mirziyoyev may have made his most meaningful move yet in consolidating his power.
Karimov in September 2016, was replaced at
a meeting held on January 31, state and private media reported.
His departure was officially portrayed as voluntary,
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